Due to the pandemic, our ability to hold traditional events is limited. However, we are seeking to develop different kinds of online events to engage and educate our communities on the Middle East. Please check again soon.
Abstract: Join us for this important conversation with renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Samah Jabr. Speaking against the depoliticization of mental health work, Dr. Jabr will discuss the dire need to integrate social justice and human rights approaches into psychological and psychotherapeutic models of treatment. The conversation will impart important lessons from Palestine on how we...
Dr. Parin Dossa (SFU, Department of Sociology and Anthropology) will run a teach-in on “Women’s Rights and Women-led Activism” at UBC (BC Hydro Theatre – CIRS Building) with a focus on Iran. Organized by the UBC Persian Club and co-sponsored by UBC Middle East Studies and Anthropology, the event is the first “Baraye Iran” teach-in...
UBC Middle East Studies is pleased to invite you to “Coexistence and Colonialism in the Modern Middle East”, a lecture presented by Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at UC Berkeley. This talk can be attended either in-person or virtually via Zoom. However you choose to attend, please register using the RSVP...